Three Mile Run (Saturday Evening)

We've arrived in Chesterfield, Virginia after a long, arduous journey. Today was a really nice travel day, we have once again been blessed with clear, blue skies. Our journey has still taken some interesting turns. After leaving the Wilmington area this morning, we got on I-95 south and planned to stay on the highway until we got south of Richmond. There were, however, traffic alerts on the overhead traffic signs and on the radio warning of a 3 hour traffic delay in D.C. due to road construction. We left I-95 at exit 7 in Maryland to get on Rt 5 south to Rt 301. This turned out to be a pretty nice drive through southwestern Maryland and north central Virginia past a lot of plantations and very few towns. Once at Greg and Lisa's, and after unloading our essential luggage (why do we think we need SO MUCH stuff?), Richard and I go on what is billed as a 3.5 mile run through the development and also through a nature trail. It is getting dark but we're determined to get some exercise after riding in the car for a couple of days. The run turns out to be quite a bit longer, and it's quite a bit colder and darker when we get back to the house! Still, it felt good to be out running (and admittedly walking for the last couple of miles).
We brought some frogs for Jackson and Jake. These are not just ordinary frogs. Well, first of all they're not REAL frogs, they are made of some gooey green material. The cool thing is that when you squeeze these frogs, they have red and blue LIGHTS shining from their insides! A big hit with the boys! We also brought along a nice coffee table style book about frogs and their natural habitats. The BEST thing about the frogs was soon to be demonstrated... they STICK to the CEILINGS! How fun to see these little boys running around this BRAND NEW house, tossing their frogs up to the ceiling to see them stick, and then eventually fall to the floor. It was worth carting these creatures around for the past month and a half or so just to see how much fun the boys were having with them :)
We are still not sure what our next destination might be. We'll check the weather situation tomorrow morning and make our decision then. We have a few different options in mind if the Keys don't work out. The ultimate goal is to have a couple days or so to just 'BE' without any distractions or commitments. For now? We're enjoying being here with the Green Family of Chesterfield Virginia.